Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s cell phones were allegedly targeted by a group of hackers who are also accused of breaching the devices of the investigators in a massive corruption probe, the justice ministry said Thursday.

Police arrested a woman suspected of branding Taslima Begum Renu as a child kidnapper, which led to her death in a mob beating in the capital’s Badda on July 20.

Charity group Action Against Hunger on Thursday demanded the release of six aid workers kidnapped in northeast Nigeria and held by jihadists aligned to the Islamic State group.

Japanese police yesterday raided the home of the main suspect in a deadly arson attack that killed 34 people at an anime firm in Kyoto, media reports said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles fired under his supervision were newly designed tactical weapons that sent a “solemn warning” to the South over plans to hold military drills with the United States.

Nine people subject to a police probe over fundraising for a rebel group fighting Myanmar’s military in restive Rakhine state were remanded in custody yesterday, including several recently deported from Singapore.

Voicing deep concern over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s illness, the party yesterday demanded that immediate steps be taken for her proper treatment either at home or abroad as per her desire.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he has decided to stop implementing all agreements with Israel amid worsening relations between the two sides.

At least 30 Bangladeshis, kept at various detention camps for trespassing into India, were deported yesterday, Indian police sources said.

With floodwater continuing to rise in many northern districts, at least seven people, including five children, drowned in floodwater in Jamalpur and Lalmonirhat yesterday.

Saudi air defences intercepted a Yemeni rebel drone targeting a southwestern city yesterday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, as cross-border attacks by the rebels showed no let-up.

A third grader was raped allegedly by her neighbour in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila on Wednesday evening. The girl’s father filed a case against Gaus Mia, 45, with Sreemangal Police Station at night, said Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge (investigation) of the police station.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended her heartiest congratulations to Boris Johnson on his assumption of office as the prime minister of the UK and Northern Ireland.

Spain’s caretaker socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez lost a crunch post-election vote of confidence yesterday after coalition talks with the far-left failed.

US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually assaulting underage girls, was found injured in his jail cell after a possible suicide attempt, according to sources cited in multiple media reports.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday compared the breeding capacity of Aedes mosquitos with that of the Rohingyas and claimed the rapid spread of mosquito population is the reason behind the increased number of dengue patients.

Australian universities are being investigated over their contracts with Chinese-state run Confucius Institutes, officials said yesterday, amid fresh revelations over the scope of Beijing’s control of teaching in the centres.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to transfer Barguna’s Rifat Sharif murder case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) or the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) for proper investigation.

A daredevil French inventor yesterday failed in his attempt to fly across the Channel from France to Britain standing on a jet-powered “flyboard”, having to be rescued after falling into the sea, his team said.

Four-year-old Tahsin Tuba plays with a doll that her mother had given her just two weeks ago. Minutes later, she puts the doll away and starts watching cartoons.